Fringe-applying apparatus.



'No. 687,754. Patented Dec. 3, 190i.

A. S. HORLACHER.

FRINGE APPLYING APPARATUS.

(Application filed A'pr. 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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FRINGE-APPLYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 687,754, dated December3, 1901.

Application filed April 6, 1901.

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM S. HORLAOHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have inventednew and useful Improvements in Fringe-Applying Apparatus,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful apparatus by means of whichfringe is applied to the ends of rugs and the length of said fringe isgaged, as will be hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

The. objects of my invention are to provide a means whereby the lengthof the fringe threads or strands to be applied or stitched to the endsof rugs may be gaged and cut to a fixed and uniform length and also toprovide a means for clamping and retaining said rug in position in saidapparatus while applying the fringe thereto and stretching the same. Iattain these objects by means of the apparatus illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference designatelike parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a broken-off front elevational view of the apparatus. Fig. 2is a plan View of the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of theapparatus, taken through the line A B. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

A stretcher or back board 1 has the longitudinally-extending gage-bar 2permanently secured to its face and flush with the top edge thereof. ,Alongitudinally-extending clamping-bar 3 is adj ustably secured and heldwith its clamping-face directly over the top edge of the stretcher-board1 and the edge of the gage-bar 2 by the clamping-screws 4, and betweensaid bars 2 and 3 the end of therug 5 to which the fringe is to beapplied is clamped and held with its edge or end projecting beyond saidbars a distance sufficient to sew or stitch the strands composing thefringe to the said end of the rug 5.

The gage-pins 6 are preferably constructed of wood and are turned roundand formed with the spherical heads 7, and said pins are arranged in alongitudinal row and securely driven in their receiving or pin holesformed in the face of the pin-bar 8, and which holes are pitched orplaced a distance apart corre- (No model.)

sponding and in alinement with the gagemarks 9 of the top gage-bar 2 andthe clamping-bar 3.

The gage-bar 8 is adjustably secured to the stretcher or back board 1 bythe clampingscrews 10, which latter pass through the slots 11, formed insaid board 1. A supportingboard 12 is secured on the back ofthestretcherboard 1 and is reinforced by suitable cornerbrackets 13, andsaid board is provided for the purpose of forming a supporting meanswhereby said stretcher-board is supported vertically when saidsupporting-board 12 rests on a table or other suitable supporting means,to which it is secured by screws or spikes driven into the said table.

In order to practice my invention, I first clamp the end of the rug 5 towhich the fringe is to be applied between the bars 2 and 3 by theirclamping-screws 4:, allowing a sufficient margin of the end of said rug5 to project beyond the said clamping-bars to permit the knotting orstitching of the strands of which the fringe is composed being appliedthereto. The gage-pins 6 are now set at the required distance from thebar 2, which distance determines the length of the strands of thefringe, byadjusting the bar 8 nearer to or farther from and parallelwith said bar 2, according as a shorter or longer length of fringe isrequired. I next employ a needle of the proper size and coarseness forthe purpose, which is threaded with the cord, yarn, or other material ofthe desired color and quality, and the said cord or yarn may be doubled,trebled, or more to form a single strand. These strands or threads arefirst stitched in the projecting margin of the end of the rug 5,commencing at either end thereof and passing the strand 13 around thefirst pin 6, then returning to the margin of the rug '5 and againstitching said strand to the said projecting margin of the rug 5 at apoint intermediate betwecn the gage-marks 9, then to and around thesecond or next gage-pin 6, and similarly the process is continued tillthe end or opposite corner of the rug 5 is reached. The threads orstrands 13 are now out close to the gage-pins 6, and said strands areknotted, plaited, or otherwise worked upon to produce an ornamentalfringe.

Having thus fully described this my invention, what Iclaim as new anduseful, and desire to cover by Letters Patent of the United Statestherefor, is-

1. A fringe gaging and applying apparatus composed of a stretcher-board,a top longitudinallyextendinggage-bar on one side or face of saidstretcher-board, a pin-bar adjustably secured to the face of saidstretcher-board and means for clamping the rug to said gagebar.

2. A fringe gage and applying apparatus composed of a stretcher-board, atop longitudinallyextending gage-bar on one side of saidstretcher-board, a top clamping-bar, and a lower pin-bar adj ustablysecured on the face of said stretcher-board.

3. In a fringe gaging and clamping apparatus,the combination with astretcher-board, a gage-bar extending longitudinally along the top edgeof said stretcher-board, and a top clamping-bar,of a lower pin-carryingbar situated below said gage-bar and adjustably secured to the face ofsaid stretcher-board, and a series of pins arranged in a horizontal rowalong the face of said pin-bar.

4. In a fringe gaging and applying apparatus, the combination with astretcher-board,

a gage-bar permanently secured on the face of said stretcher-board andhaving its top edge flush with the top edge of said stretcherboard, saidbar graduated along its face and a top longitudinally-extendingclamping-bar situated above said gage-bar and having its face graduatedto correspond with the graduations of said gage-bar, of a pin-bar aseries of pins arranged in a longitudinally-extending horizontal rowalong the face of said pinbar, said pins pitched or divided tocorrespond with the graduations of said gage-bar, and means foradjustably securing said pinbar to said stretcher-board whereby saidpinbar may be moved nearer to or farther from said gage-bar and wherebysaid pins may be maintained in alinement with the graduations of saidgage-bar, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ADAM S. IIORLAOHER.

Witnesses:

THOMPSON R. BELL, M. M. DEFREES.

